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Main Photo: Old Dominion Row. Taken from Historic Richmond Foundation's book Richmond's Fan District. (photo by Richard C. Cheek)

Carytown

The Byrd Theater (1928)

2908 West Cary Street

Byrd Theater was designed in the French Empire style and first opened on December 24^th, 1928. Originally named the State Theater, it was renamed for William Byrd II. The first theater in Virginia to have a sound system, the Byrd is also equipped with a Wurlitzer organ because it was uncertain whether talking motion pictures would stay popular. Today the Byrd shows movies year-round, and although it has undergone certain upgrades, many of the original aspects of the building, such as the auditorium seats and projectors, are original.

For more information on the Byrd Theater please click here.

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